Lot 12: Frans van Mieris (Leiden 1635-1681) An interior with a woman reading music at a partially draped table with a... oil on panel, unframed 8 ¾ x 7 1/8 in. (22.2 x 18.1 cm.)

Frans van Mieris
(Leiden 1635-1681)
An interior with a woman reading music at a partially draped table with a double-headed lute
signed and dated 'F van. Mieris 1671' (upper left)
oil on panel, unframed
8 ¾ x 7 1/8 in. (22.2 x 18.1 cm.)

(Probably) Philipp Joseph von Jariges (1706-1770), Berlin; his sale (†), De Winter and Yver, Amsterdam, 14 October 1772, lot 16 (205 florins to Fouquet).
(Probably) Sébastien Érard (1752-1831), Paris; his sale (†), Paris, Lacoste and Coutelier, 23 April 1832, lot 95, where unsold and reoffered.
Sébastien Érard (1752-1831), Paris; his sale (†), Paris, Lacoste and Henry, 7 August 1832, lot 95 (1,725 francs).
with C.J. Nieuwenhuys, London and Brussels, from whom acquired in 1850 by, 
Thomas Baring, M.P. (1799-1873), Stratton Park, Hampshire, and by inheritance to his nephew,
Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook, later 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), and by descent to his son,
Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook (1850-1929), and by inheritance through his cousin,
Francis Arthur Baring, 4th Lord Northbrook (1882-1947).